The Life of Hon. William F. Cody | Page 3

much that will be
entirely new and intensely interesting to both young and old.
THE PUBLISHER.

Illustrations.
THE AUTHOR, PORTRAIT, ON STEEL
YOUTHFUL ADVENTURES
SAMUEL'S FATAL ACCIDENT
BILLINGS AS A BOCARRO
BILLINGS RIDING LITTLE GRAY
EXCITING SPORT
STAKING OUT LOTS
MY FATHER STABBED
MY FATHER'S ESCAPE
LIFE OR DEATH
BOYISH SPORT
TWO TO ONE
KILLING MY FIRST INDIAN
A PRAIRIE SCHOONER

WILD BILL (PORTRAIT)
HOLDING THE FORT
CAMPING IN A SEPULCHRE
RAFTING OS THE PLATTE
RIDING PONY EXPRESS
SAVED BY CHIEF RAIN IN-THE-FACE
CHANGING HORSES
ATTACK ON STAGE COACH
ALF. SLADE KILLING THE DRIVER
THE HORSE THIEVES DEN
MY ESCAPE FROM THE HORSE THIEVES
BOB SCOTT'S FAMOUS COACH HIDE
"NEARLY EVERY MAN HAD TWO HORSES"
WILD BILL AND THE OUTLAWS
WILD BILL'S DUEL
GENERAL GEO. A. CUSTER (Portrait)
DEPARTING RICHES
TONGUES AND TENDERLOINS
THE INDIAN HORSE THIEVES
THE MAN WHO FIRED THE GUN

BUFFALO BILL
"DOWN WENT HIS HORSE"
THE FIRE SIGNAL
KIT CARSON (Portrait)
A GOOD HORSE
A BIG JOKE
AMBUSHING THE INDIANS
WHOA THERE!
DELIVERING DISPATCHES TO GENERAL SHERIDAN
THE TWO TRAMPS
CARRYING DISPATCHES
GEN'L PHIL. SHERIDAN (PORTRAIT)
BATTLE ON THE ARICKAREE
BRINGING MEAT INTO CAMP
"INDIANS!"
GENERAL E. A. CARR (PORTRAIT)
A CRACK SHOT
A HARD CROWD
CAMPING IN THE SNOW
A WELCOME VISITOR

ANTELOPES
THE RECAPTURE OF BEVINS
ROBBING A STAGE COACH
INDIAN VILLAGE
THE KILLING OF TALL BULL
AN OLD BONE
A WEDDING CEREMONY
A RIDE FOR LIFE
PRAIRIE DOG VILLAGE
McCARTHY'S FRIGHT
FINDING THE REMAINS OF THE BUCK PARTY
SPOTTED TAIL (PORTRAIT)
GRAND DUKE ALEXIS (PORTRAIT)
INDIAN EXERCISES
TWO-LANCE KILLING A BUFFALO
AN EMBARRASSING SITUATION?
TEXAS JACK (PORTRAIT)
RIFLES
STUDYING THE PARTS
BEHIND THE FOOTLIGHTS

LEARNING THE GAME
GETTING SATISFACTION
A DUEL WITH CHIEF YELLOW HAND
SCOUTING ON A STEAMBOAT
CLOSE QUARTERS
ONE OF THE TROUPE

Contents
CHAPTER I.
CHILDHOOD.
Early Days in Iowa--A Brother's Death--The Family Move to a New
Country--Incidents on the Road--The Horse Race--Our "Little Gray"
Victorious--A Pleasant Acquaintance--Uncle Elijah Cody--Our New
Home--My Ponies.
CHAPTER II.
EARLY INFLUENCES.
Dress Parade at Fort Leavenworth--The Beautiful Salt Creek
Valley--The Mormon Emigrants--The Wagon Trains--The Cholera--A
Lively Scene--My First Sight of Indians--"Dolly" and "Prince"--A
Long-Lost Relative Turns up--Adventurous Career of Horace
Billings--His Splendid Horsemanship--Catching Wild Horses.
CHAPTER III.
BOY DAYS IN KANSAS.

My Indian Acquaintances--An Indian Barbecue--Beginning of the
Kansas Troubles--An Indiscreet Speech by my Father, who is Stabbed
for his Boldness--Persecutions at the Hands of the Missourians--A
Strategic Escape--A Battle at Hickory Point--A Plan to Kill Father is
Defeated by Myself--He is Elected to the Lecompton Legislature--I
Enter the Employ of William Russell--Herding Cattle--A Plot to Blow
Up our House--A Drunken Missourian on the War-Path.
CHAPTER IV.
YOUTHFUL EXPERIENCES.
At School--My First Love Scrape--I Punish my Rival, and then Run
Away--My First Trip Across the Plains--Steve Gobel and I are Friends
once more--Death of my Father--I Start for Salt Lake--Our Wagon
Train Surprised by Indians, who Drive us off, and Capture our Outfit--I
Kill my First Indian--Our Return to Leavenworth--I am Interviewed by
a Newspaper Reporter, who gives me a Good "Send-Off."
CHAPTER V.
IN BUSINESS.
My Second Trip Across the Plains--The Salt Lake Trail--Wild Bill--He
Protects me from the Assault of a Bully--A Buffalo Hunt--Our Wagon
Train Stampeded by Buffaloes--We are Taken Prisoners by the
Mormons--We Proceed to Fort Bridger.
CHAPTER VI.
HARD TIMES.
A Dreary Winter At Fort Bridger--Short Rations--Mule
Steaks--Homeward Bound in the Spring--A Square Meal--Corraled by
Indians--A Mule Barricade--We Hold the Fort--Home Again--Off for
the West--Trapping on the Chugwater And Laramie Rivers--We go to
Sleep In a Human Grave--A Horrifying Discovery--A Jollification at

Oak Grove Ranch--Home Once More--I go to School--The Pike's Peak
Gold Excitement--Down the Platte River on a Raft--I Become a Pony
Express Rider.
CHAPTER VII.
ACCIDENTS AND ESCAPES.
Trapping on Prairie Dog Creek--An Accident whereby we Lose one of
our Oxen--I Fall and Break my Leg--Left Alone in Camp--Unwelcome
Visitors--A Party of Hostile Sioux Call upon me and Make Themselves
at Home--Old Rain-in-the-Face Saves my Life--Snow-Bound-A Dreary
Imprisonment--Return of my Partner--A Joyful Meeting--We Pull Out
for Home--Harrington Dies.
CHAPTER VIII.
ADVENTURES ON THE OVERLAND ROAD.
Introduction to Alf. Slade--He Employs me as a Pony Express Rider--I
Make a Long Ride--Indians Attack an Overland Stage Coach--Wild
Bill Leads a Successful Expedition against the Indians--A Grand
Jollification at Sweetwater Bridge--Slade Kills a Stage Driver--The
End of the Spree--A Bear Hunt--I fall among Horse Thieves--My
Escape--I Guide a Party to Capture the Gang.
CHAPTER IX.
FAST DRIVING.
Bob Scott, the Stage Driver--The Story of the Most Reckless Piece of
Stage Driving that ever Occurred on the Overland Road.
CHAPTER X.
QUESTIONABLE PROCEEDINGS.
The Civil War--Jayhawking--Wild Bill's Fight with the McCandless

Gang of Desperadoes--I become Wild Bill's Assistant
Wagon-Master--We Lose our Last Dollar on a Horse Race--He
becomes a Government Scout--He has a Duel at Springfield.
CHAPTER XI.
A SOLDIER.
Scouting against the Indians in the Kiowa and Comanche country--The
Red-Legged Scouts--A Trip to Denver--Death of